Your Dog Hans Loves to Ride in the Car

question 49

Multiple Choice

Your dog Hans loves to ride in the car. Whenever anyone picks up a set of keys he races for the door. When your grandmother, who is afraid of dogs, arrives for a visit, Hans is not allowed to ride in the car. By the end of her two-week visit, he has ceased going to the door when the keys come out. However, after a brief vacation away from home, he's back at the door again as soon as he hears the keys. Why?

• A) Generalization has occurred.
• B) Grandma produced external inhibition in the dog.
• C) Spontaneous recovery has occurred.
• D) Counterconditioning occurred during the vacation.

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